16-letter words containing n, o, h, a, e
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- splanchnopleural — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- technical school — college of further and vocational education
- tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- the annunciation — the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)
- the anthropocene — a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
- the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
- the here and now — the present time
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the little woman — one's wife
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
- the one and only — incomparable and unique
- the orange order — a society founded in Ireland (1795) to uphold the Protestant religion, the Protestant dynasty, and the Protestant constitution
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- the vienna union — an international conference of socialists who came together in Vienna in 1921 in an attempt to reconstruct a united International by offering an alternative to the right-wing remnant of the Second International and to the Comintern: merged into the Labour and Socialist International in 1923
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.